HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF

Registered charity 1118052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Heath Evangelical Church runs meetings and activities of benefit to the general public, including two Sunday services (creche and Sunday school provided), Bible studies, prayer meetings, summer camps and weekly children's and youth groups (for toddlers, infants, juniors, teens, students). Funds are provided when natural disasters etc. occur. Sick and needy are visited.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF DOCTRINES REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 1 AND SCHEDULE 2 OF THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OF THE REST OF THE WORLD AS THE PASTOR AND ELDERS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;B) AS SUBSIDIARY TO (A) ABOVE (AND ONLY AS SUBSIDIARY) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OF THE REST OF THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£688k
Latest spending
£660k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state the charity reported a net surplus of £28,219 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds carried forward of £2,390,560. The trustees consider that free reserves should not be less than £150,000, and the actual free reserves stood at £367,485, which is above this policy target. However, the trustees note uncertainty regarding the outcome of a legal case and significant future property maintenance requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% of income)
“Offerings, covenants, gift aid & other donations 453,727” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £150,000 (reserves figure: £367k)
“The trustees consider that reserves should not be less than £150,000 at any time.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£688k
Total spending
£660k
Reserves (reported)
£107k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£688k£660k
31/12/2024£679k£664k
31/12/2023£672k£625k
31/12/2022£651k£665k
31/12/2021£632k£551k

Common questions

Is HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state the charity reported a net surplus of £28,219 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds carried forward of £2,390,560. The trustees consider that free reserves should not be less than £150,000, and the actual free reserves stood at £367,485, which is above this policy target. However, the trustees note uncertainty regarding the outcome of a legal case and significant future property maintenance requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH, HAY ON WYE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF£688k—0unclear—no doubt
BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH, HAY ON WYE FY2025£71k£28,1010unclear—no doubt
KC HEATHFIELD FY2025£324k—0below—no doubt
HOLMGATE EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
HORWICH EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
THORNTON HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£190k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.